FareShare's #feedpeoplefirst campaign

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Thursday, 26 April, 2018

National

Right now in the UK it can be more expensive to feed good food to people than it is to send it to waste.

There is currently no economic incentive for businesses such as manufacturers, processors and packers to redistribute their food to charities such as FareShare, while there is an economic incentive to send it to anaerobic digestion or animal feed. It can be more expensive to redistribute good quality surplus food to the charities which support the 8.4 million people in the UK who go hungry* than it is to send it to other processes of disposal.

FareShare wants the Government to #feedpeoplefirst and to provide a level playing field so that delivering good surplus food to charities like FareShare costs food companies the same as sending it to anaerobic digestion or animal feed.

FareShare believe no good food should go to waste – and with your support, they can #feedpeoplefirst.

The food FareShare provides to charities is surplus from the food industry. Food can become surplus – which means that it is not going to be sold – for simple reasons such as overproduction, packaging malfunctions, labelling errors, oversupply due to favourable growing conditions, unexpected changes in demand or short shelf life. The surplus food we source and redistribute is good quality and in date, and instead of going to waste, it is turned into nutritious meals by charities who support vulnerable people.

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